Book pull and label



(No Model.)

G. D. TOLMAN.

BOOK BULL AND LABEL. No. 342,767. Patented May 25, 1886.

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GAYGER D. TOLMAN, OF SHAWANO, WISGONSINI BOOK PULL AND LABEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,767, dated May 25, 1886.

Application filed April 1, 1885. Serial No. 160,925. (No model.)

To all whom itma y concern.-

Be it known that I, GAYGER D. TOLMAN, of Shawano, in the county of Shawano and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Book Pull and Label, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device to be attached to the backs of books for facilitating pulling them from the shelves, and also to receivethe titles, names, or number of the books, or the name of the owner of the books.

The invention consists in the combination, with a slotted plate adapted to be secured to the back of a book, of ashield havingatongue projecting through and held in the slot of the said plate.

The invention further consists in the combination,with a plate, of a plate orshield hinged on the same and a spring acting on the said plate or shield.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book provided with my improved book pull and label. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved book pull and label. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the same.

The metal plate A is provided with the slot 13, through which the rectangularly bent tongue 0 is passed, which projects from the upper edge of a fancy shield, D, plate, 850., of any desired shape and suitable size. The tongue 0 is provided with a cross-piece, E, which extends across the slot B on the inner surface of the plate. A ridge, F, forming shoulders, is formed on the inner surface of the plate A, and against the said shoulders the bend of the tongue 0 rests. A spring, G,

is secured on the inner side of, the plate, and the free end of the said spring rests on the inner end of the tongue.

The plate A is secured by means of rivets or otherwise on the inner surface of the back H of the book I, and in this case the back is provided with a slot or aperture, J, through which the tongue C is passed.

If desired, the plate A may be secured on the outer surface of the back H.

The title, number, or name of the book, or the name of the owner of the book, is produced on the shield D, which hangs on the back of the book, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the book is to be removed from the shelf, the shield D is raised, and by means of it the book is pulled out. When the shield is released, the spring G swings it against the back H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a slotted plate adapted to be secured to the back of a book, of a shield or plate having a tongue projecting through and held in the slot of thesaid plate, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a book-pull, the combination, with a plate, of a shield or plate hinged on the same and a spring acting on the said hinged shield, substantially as herein shown and described.

3.v In a book-pull, the combination,with the plate A, having the slot B, of the shield D, having a tongue, 0, and the spring G, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a book-pull, the combinatiomwith the plate A, having the slot B, of the shield D, having the tongue 0, provided with the crosspiece E, and the spring G, substantially as herein shown and'described.

GAYGER D. TOLMAN.

Witnesses:

- L. D.,ROBERTS,

J. H. TOURTILLOTT. 

